> > http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/08/24/010824hnfreewireless.xml?0 > 827mnam > > Posted on Slashdot today. Am I the only person in the twin cities who wants > to start a wireless community type thing like this?? :) > > Couple with this: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20010823.html > > And you could have a fairly extensive, low-cost, high speed > wireless/semi-wired network. Use cable modem and DSL connections for access > to the internet. Just broadcast a default route into the network from each > internet connection point, and people connecting to the network will > generally take the logically closest way out onto the net. You'd have to > set up some sort of masquerading/NAT scheme, but that should be no big deal. > > Keep decent logs/snort database to catch the naughty people, hopefully > before your ISP finds out. I am definatly am interested in such a thing. I would be willing to contribute my time and resource for such a noble endeavor. that is my opinion -- SpencerUnderground ||mailto:spencer at sihope.com|| "I have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race in its gradual development to leave off the eating of animals, as surely as the savage tribes have left off eating each other when they came in contact with the more civilized." Henry David Thoreau